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Killer Whale kills Trainer in Orlando
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anthony7777
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martx-5, yup!, but some humans think they are smarter then nature so thell figure out a more evil way to blame it on the whale.
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Shoulda happened back in 1999. They hunt seals. That one is set.
The whole "Shamu" thing is beyond sense, IMO. Attributing warm-fuzzy behavior to any predatory hunter and putting it in proximity with humans is gonna result in these kinds of tragedies. From big cats to polar bears to aquatic mammals. Preserve them, yes. Put 'em on display as "pets" or trained stage actors and this is inevitable.
"Ya can't roller-skate in a buffalo herd" an' all that.
The whole "Shamu" thing is beyond sense, IMO. Attributing warm-fuzzy behavior to any predatory hunter and putting it in proximity with humans is gonna result in these kinds of tragedies. From big cats to polar bears to aquatic mammals. Preserve them, yes. Put 'em on display as "pets" or trained stage actors and this is inevitable.
"Ya can't roller-skate in a buffalo herd" an' all that.
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Indeed.......DrEntropy said:
texas_bugeye
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Not this whales first taste of human I think its happend before with this guy.
Lets see you kind of remind me of a seal standing on the edge of an ice flow.
What makes people thinks its a good idea to be within bitting range of a wild animal that hunts 400 lb seals when you are about scale size a of a french fry ?
Its a Killer whale
Theres your sign.
Lets see you kind of remind me of a seal standing on the edge of an ice flow.
What makes people thinks its a good idea to be within bitting range of a wild animal that hunts 400 lb seals when you are about scale size a of a french fry ?
Its a Killer whale
Theres your sign.
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Whale Steaks anyone?
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I've always thought that the orca shows were akin to having a wolf or lion show where the handlers where meat suits. Oh wait, the handlers *are* meat suits. Very sad loss of life, but the orca is an apex predator. It's what they do. They're not immoral or evil, they're just great big carnivores. And simply because they're remarkably intelligent doesn't mean that they don't like to hunt and eat meat.
For example:
Orca vs. grey whale
Come to think of it, humans sometimes exhibit intelligent behavior, but we also like to kill things and eat them.
In light of how orcas behave in the wild, I can't imagine ever getting into the water with them.
For example:
Orca vs. grey whale
Come to think of it, humans sometimes exhibit intelligent behavior, but we also like to kill things and eat them.
In light of how orcas behave in the wild, I can't imagine ever getting into the water with them.
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angelfj said:JPSmit said:GregW said:
tape it to the end of a shotgun shell
and then have dinner...
unlikely comment for a Canadian . . . . .
Yeah
One of my favourite Jokes (and I apologize for going OT)
A traveler was driving through Arkansas when he lost his way and got off the main highway. As he drove by, he saw rows and rows of pigsties and pigpens and pigs running in fields and pigs wallowing in mud. Suddenly, his eye caught something really strange. He did a double take, muttered to himself and then looked a third time. He wondered if he had seen correctly - it looked like a pig with a wooden leg!
He found the lane to the farm and drove up into the farmyard, where he was met by the farmer. "Excuse me," the traveler said. "I was just driving by and looking at all your pigs, and I noticed something that I just had to stop and ask about. Tell me, did I see right? Is there really a pig out there with a wooden leg?" The farmer smiled. "Oh, that would be old Caesar you saw. He's the finest pig a man could ever hope to have - and smart! Well, let me tell you a little about that pig. You see that barge down there on the river? That's a mining dredge, taking out platinum ore. Old Caesar sniffed out the vein and showed us how to set it up. Now that dredge brings me in about $120,000 every year.
"There's another thing, too, a little more personal. One night a couple of years ago I got to drinking and I guess I had more than I should have. I passed out drunk, fell down and knocked over a lamp. That started a fire in the house and old Caesar smelled the smoke. He came in the back door, got the wife and kid out, roused me up and got me out. "There is no question about it - that night old Caesar saved all our lives and you know that is not the sort of thing a man is going to forget too easily."
"Why," the traveler said, "this is all amazing! I have never heard of a pig like this before! This is fantastic! But tell me, how did he get that wooden leg? Was he in a wreck or something?"
The farmer laughed and said, "Well, naturally, when you have a pig that smart, you don't want to eat him all at one time!"
